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I got into a recent argument with my friend about who owns his car, him or his mom. We're not talking about who bought it or anything, just who uses the car most? Both he and his mom drive the car. His mom drives it about 4 times a month, 60 mile trips. He drives it about everyday, 2-3 mile a day. His mom drives it infrequently, but she wears it out more. He drives it everyday, but doesn't use as much mileage. Who uses the car most?

I got into a recent argument with my friend about who owns his car, him or his mom. We're not talking about who bought it or anything, just ""who does the car belong to?" Both he and his mom drive the car. His mom drives it about 4 times a month, 60 mile trips. He drives it about everyday, 2-3 mile a day. His mom drives it infrequently, but she wears it out more. He drives it everyday, but doesn't use as much mileage. Whose car is it?

Once again, not legally, just mindset.

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I don't see the mindset having much of a say when legal ownership is so clear-cut. In my mindset it belongs to the person who owns it. Tautological, I know.

As far as who owns it, who made the car payments? As you can see from Johnny, the mom drives it more miles. If you are asking who is wearing out the car, it is the son. Stop and go, short trips are harder on a car than long trips.

Maybe per mile, but I really doubt a 2-3 mile trip puts more actual wear and tear than a 60 mile trip.

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The worst thing you can do to your engine is start it.
The oil is not up in the cylinders when you start it up.
Also how much wear you put on your brakes during a 60 mile trip deoends on traffic. But for most highway driving if the traffic isn't stop and go, youdon't use your brakes much.

Actually, this isn't true, unless she's doing 60mile trips in 2-3mile increments and stopping every increment for a while. It's the same deal with driving in town or on a freeway.

If you friend drives in town, frequently stops at traffic lights, slows down to turn and what not, then he wears the car out more--assuming the mother does the 60mile trip pretty much on a freeway going at a good speed constantly.

I'd say the friend uses the car more, simply because he drives it more often. I know mileage is what typically is refered to for how "used up" a car is. But I'd much rather buy a car from someone who lives in a rural area with very high mileage (because assuming he drives long distances) than a car that has lower mileage but was driven in the city the whole time.